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Springer
Archives of microbiology
94 (1973), S. 365-371
ISSN:
1432-072X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Summary Incorporation of tritiated glucose into cell walls of growingSaccharomyces cerevisiac andSchizosaccharomyces pombe was studied using electron microscopic autoradiography. The pattern and the extent of labelling ofS. cerevisiae cell walls depended on the cell stage in the cell cycle. Quantitative evaluation of autoradiographs showed that the highest rate of wall synthesis took place during bud growth. The incorporation of new material into the wall of growing bud showed an increasing rate with the magnitude of the bud. The incorporation into the mother cell wall was almost negligible during bud growth. The rate of wall synthesis in double cells decreased during cell division. This period and that before new bud initiation was found to be the time of substantially reduced rate of wall replication inS. cerevisiae. A significant random incorporation was observed into the walls of post-division adult cells, both parental and daughter. The cell walls ofS. pombe were labelled almost exclusively at growing tips. The incorporation of tritiated carbohydrates into non-extensile regions ofS. pombe cell walls was found to be only about 5% of the total wall labelling.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00769032
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